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Feelings are part of us, they serve some purpose. What is it?
I didn't say feelings are a bad thing, as long as they're good feelings. However, feelings and emotions are no indication of salvation. God says straight up, unless we keep His commandments we will be lost. In the last day there will be many, many who profess to be Christians, who have done many wonderful works, but will be lost. We can use, well not just can, we are TOLD TO use His written word for doctrine, reproof, correction in righteousness. Any and everyone has feelings. We can only use His word for correction due to the commandments He put in it. Everyone has feelings and emotions. How can we use His word to reproof feelings? How can we use His word to correct feelings or emotions? Simply put we can not. That's what the word says, only God knows the thoughts and intents of the heart. We can't do that, right? Do you see my point?
 
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I didn't say feelings are a bad thing, as long as they're good feelings. However, feelings and emotions are no indication of salvation. God says straight up, unless we keep His commandments we will be lost. In the last day there will be many, many who profess to be Christians, who have done many wonderful works, but will be lost. We can use, well not just can, we are TOLD TO use His written word for doctrine, reproof, correction in righteousness. Any and everyone has feelings. We can only use His word for correction due to the commandments He put in it. Everyone has feelings and emotions. How can we use His word to reproof feelings? How can we use His word to correct feelings or emotions? Simply put we can not. That's what the word says, only God knows the thoughts and intents of the heart. We can't do that, right? Do you see my point?
The feeling of the holy spirit cannot be imitated or mistaken for something else. It's distinct. But again, maybe those with greater discernment can feel it more. But it doesn't save you. Works don't save you either ("keeping" the commandments as in doing them to get saved as you said doesn't save you)... Believing in the Lord Jesus Christ is what saves you and God says this.
 
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The feeling of the holy spirit cannot be imitated or mistaken for something else. It's distinct. But again, maybe those with greater discernment can feel it more. But it doesn't save you. Works don't save you either... Believing in the Lord Jesus Christ is what saves you and God says this.
The Word does say that but is that all the Word has to say about being saved?
 
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fruits of the spirit are love, joy, peace, etc.... these may have an action associated with them but are also interconnected with feelings as well. What about boldness is it a feeling? because the disciples got a dose of boldness from the spirit after they prayed for it.
Please give BCV where the Apostles prayed for boldness.

The fruits of the Spirit have no connection with feelings.
 
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How can we use His word to correct feelings or emotions? Simply put we can not. That's what the word says, only God knows the thoughts and intents of the heart. We can't do that, right? Do you see my point?

God however reveals our heart to us, and He writes His law on it.
 
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How could the Apostles have received the Holy Spirit with flaming tongues of fire, spoke supernaturally in other tongues, received impressions from the Holy Spirit through prayer, unleash the power of God to heal the lame, cast out devils, see visions, and receive conviction from the Spirit... without them "feeling" anything???

I'm of the Pentecostal flavor of Christianity. I can attest to feeling tingling (the electricity like charge people are talking about), deep emotional impressions and leadings, even the sense of the power of God being released through prayer.

Now, I know this isn't necessarily the topic of this thread... but it might have some bearing. In my studies and experience with the Holy Spirit I've actually been heavily criticized by my peers in ministry. Why? Because in discussing prayer cloths, miracles, sanctification, casting out demons, dreams, and visions... I've discovered what I was calling the "power of God". This "power" is a part of God's nature, and is activated and experienced through faith. By just studying the Scripture, I came to a conclusion that there is a "power" of God that we can experience, much like the heat and light we can experience that comes from the Sun. As I dug deeper I discovered the Orthodox teachings of God's "energies". I thought it was interesting how studying Scripture could lead an ol' Pentecostal boy like me to an Orthodox understanding of something. lol
Pagan religions give tingly feelings, too.
 
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Does this mean that we should expect no satisfaction having God in us?
This satisfaction has to do with truth and faith, not with feelings.

Sp,et
 
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I never implied that. Why do you ask?
Trying to invoke thought. Living under the New Covenant the terms for salvation is the same for everyone, right? I mean would God be a "just" God if He required this from me for salvation and something else from you? Or anyone else?

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

1 John 2:4-5
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Matthew 7:22-24
From just these two verses it's apparently not an option to be saved without keeping God's commandments and or Christ's sayings.
Which commandments and or sayings??
In Him
 
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This satisfaction has to do with truth and faith, not with feelings.

Sp,et

So then your saying that a electric felling all over my body is a human felling? no

Human feelings are

sad
happy
mad
upset
embarrassed
sick
positive

so on and so forth

A bodily felling is touch, pain, well, and shock

so on

also a electric feeling as a vibration all in you, its a physical felling.
 
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Trying to invoke thought. Living under the New Covenant the terms for salvation is the same for everyone, right? I mean would God be a "just" God if He required this from me for salvation and something else from you? Or anyone else?

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

1 John 2:4-5
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Matthew 7:22-24
From just these two verses it's apparently not an option to be saved without keeping God's commandments and or Christ's sayings.
Which commandments and or sayings??
In Him
I follow the words of the Lord and His apostles.
 
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I follow the words of the Lord and His apostles.

I follow Jesus who said you will be filled with the holy ghost and transformed into a new being.

He also said it will come to you and teach you all things.
 
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The Word does say that but is that all the Word has to say about being saved?
Yes it's not of your works so no man shall boast. Faith alone, through grace alone, in Christ alone is the gospel of salvation.
 
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The feeling definitely and absolutely exists, and I would not disagree with the characterizations that people provided...

But I would caution people against seeking sensual experiences while praying or worshiping.

These feelings can be manipulated or artificially induced and, indeed, people of other religions will claim to have them and use them as their own evidence for the veracity of their beliefs, and it will become a thing that will actually get them stuck in their wrong ways.

In a sense, not all of these feelings may actually be the Holy Spirit and they may not actually be of God.
 
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Please give BCV where the Apostles prayed for boldness.

The fruits of the Spirit have no connection with feelings.
Acts 3:29 "...Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness..."

then

v31 "...they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly."

I don't see how the fruits of the spirit are not interconnected with emotion. How do you have joy without it connected to emotion?
 
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To paraphrase ST. Paul, we walk by faith, not by sight, and still less by feeling.

NOWHERE does the Bible associate ANY feeling with having the Holy Spirit.

Jesus was very aware of the feeling of the Holy Spirit active within himself, and very aware when it flowed from him.-

Luke8 ......​
And as He went, the crowds were pressing around Him. 43And a woman being with a flux of blood for twelve years, who, having spent all her living on physicians, was not able to be healed by anyone. 44Having come behind Him, she touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her flux of blood stopped.


45And Jesus said, “Who is the one having touched Me?” But all were denying it. Peter said, “Master, the people surround You and press in.”

46But Jesus said, “Someone touched Me, for I know power has gone out from Me.”

47And the woman, having seen that she was not hidden, came trembling, and having fallen down before Him before all the people, she declared for what cause she touched Him, and how she was healed immediately.

48And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you; go in peace.”
 
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I felt love and truth and conviction and a warm electrical charge all over my body.

Dont tell me its not God.

You may have felt all these things but how can you prove that they are truly of God? The Bible says we will be convicted of our sin by the Holy Spirit, so I'd be willing to concede that you were actually convicted by him. But feeling truth? I don't even know what that means. As for feeling God's love, well, you can certainly feel the effects of God's love, but His love is not itself a feeling. Read 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. The electrical charge stuff is just a lot of nonsense, without any support whatever in Scripture, an effect of wishful thinking and evidence of a dangerous sensuality in your faith.
 
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